There are many reasons for babies waking, from hunger or discomfort to separation anxiety and, just as your baby needs food to grow, she also needs the stimulation of your touch to help the development of her nervous system, her brain, her digestive system and
for emotional reassurance.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, but not really surprising, when a human infants inherent need
for contact and proximity (
reassurance through touch, parent directed vocalizations,
emotional support) are met by parents early in their lives rather than becoming «dependent» as is always suggested in the popular press the reverse is actually true: that is, early dependence leads to early independence and self sufficiency and, perhaps even, enhanced self — confidence.
For example, breastfeeding help, newborn instruction, overnight care, getting rest, household help,
emotional support and
reassurance, etc...
At this point
reassurance is vital
for the
emotional journey to stay positive.
In response, What to Expect (WTE) gave expectant mothers a frame of reference
for their physical and
emotional changes, along with advice and
reassurance for one of life's most challenging times.
Completed and submitted clinical documentation in accordance with agency guidelines.Kept facility stocked with necessary supplies, equipment and instruments.Obtained and set up suction equipment.Provided necessary supplies, support and assistance to medical staff and patients
for unit specific procedures.Tended to patients with chronic illnesses.Provided patients and families with
emotional support.Exhibited compassionate care and communication with regard to issues of death and dying.Sensitive to the needs of geriatric patients.Comforted patients and provided them with
reassurance and encouragement.Promoted personal and co-worker safety.Participated in the maintenance of safe conditions within the facility and other related areas.Maintained a clean, orderly and well - stocked environment.
Obtained and set up suction equipment.Provided personal nursing care in pre - and post-operative situations.Assisted nurses with cleaning rectal tube, G - tube, J - tube, and regular catheter insertion.Recognized and reported abnormalities and / or changes in patients» health status to nursing staff.Provided patients and families with
emotional support.Comforted patients and provided them with
reassurance and encouragement.Promoted continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients
for which care is provided.
He discovered how to tune into the
emotional channel, share his fears of rejection and explicitly ask
for the
reassurance he needed, and encourage his wife to do that same.
AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System
for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument
for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview
for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview
for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA,
Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym
for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule
for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia
for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule
for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC,
Reassurance - Seeking Scale
for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview
for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview
for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile
for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment
for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.
Many parents choose a Collaborative Divorce with the idea of protecting their children through the upheaval, and these parents often find that calling on a Child Specialist has helped them in
emotional and practical ways, and also given them
reassurance that they are doing their best
for the children they love.
We all have preferred ways of coping with stress and distress: Some of us favor going inward to find our
emotional footing, while
for others, seeking comfort and
reassurance from another is the fallback position.
During supervision, my supervisees, their clients, and I construct our own cycles of interactions based on our past experiences, perceptions,
emotional experiences, our action tendencies, and our powerful — yet often unacknowledged — desires
for reassurance and acceptance.
They look to their mothers
for emotional validation and
reassurance that they are supported and care
for in the emotion they are experiencing.
Using a 7 - point Likert scale, participants rated the extent to which they received each of six social provisions over the previous three weeks: guidance, assistance,
emotional closeness, social integration,
reassurance of worth, and opportunity
for nurturance.